A good problem to have

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(06-21-2017, 04:40 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, the entire point of the OP was to point out that there are indeed areas of the United States where good paying jobs are available, and not enough people to work them.  "But, that's only 2% of all counties in the United States!", makes no difference in the point of the post.  Perhaps if some of the people struggling to attain work in some of the more downtrodden regions would go to where the jobs are, then it could be a win-win. 

Need an example?  In the post depression mass farm exodus, A LOT of people from the South migrated to the factories of the Midwest. 

The article in the OP also, if I recall, never defined what a good paying job was at the knee factory. It is quite possible people do not wish to incur the expense of relocating for a $10 an hour job. A factory job which at some point, btw, may make you a consumer for what they make - replacement knees.

I've recently heard several managers and business owners who clearly make substantial incomes whine that people just don't want to work - they have "good paying jobs" they can't fill. Again, these are jobs that pay $9-$10 an hour. That is an inadequate subsistence wage and not a "good paying job." Some people are just really out of touch and fail to realize that when they are earning $80,000 - $120,000 and up and don't have to worry about money that the person earning $10 an hour can't pay rent, eat, and their Obamacare payments. But rather than adjusting their wage or advocating for fair wages they look down their nose at people who don't want to work.

It is interesting to learn that you see the migration the Great Depression forced as a win-win feel good story. You might want to read or re-read The Grapes of Wrath. Just a thought. Or maybe the migrations forced by wars in Syria and Afghanistan today, and in Vietnam, Korea, and Europe in previous generations were feel good win-win outcomes too.